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His problems should have been sorted out by now, but it was only a matter of time before he snapped.
Then, suddenly, the drip appeared. Yes, that drip. It was really weird. Yu, out of nowhere, started wearing drip. The “Supreme” jacket and everything. And no one else seemed to care or notice. It drove Yosuke insane.
At first, Yosuke found it humorous. And who wouldn’t? It’s a highly comedic thing, and Yosuke knows a thing or two about comedy; he has a New Grounds account.
“Woah Partner! Is that drip!?” Yosuke laughed when Yu first wore the outfit. “Where the hell— ah, you probably did one of those weird ass quests that people around town give you. I bet it was some kid who thinks reddit memes are funny.”
Yu simply nodded, and the expedition in the TV world went as normal. That had been around the time they were trying to save Rise; Yosuke’s mind was occupied with “other things” to be bothered with questioning Yu any further about his attire.
And then it continued. Every time they traveled into the TV world, Yu would wear that same drip jacket. It was amusing the first five times. But then Yosuke noticed something. No one else questioned it. At all. It was like Yosuke was the only one who could see the drip. He even asked Chie and Rise in order to confirm his suspicions.
Chie tilted her head, “What the heck are you talking about? Yu is in his normal Yasogami uniform.”
Rise nodded along with Chie, “Yeah Yosuke senpai, nothing like what you are describing. Maybe a status effect is causing you to hallucinate. Want me to get Himiko to scan you?”
It was true. Only Yosuke could see Yu’s drip. Then he wondered if Rise was right about it being a status effect, but then he remembered that Yu had acknowledged all his comments about his drip. So, that could not be it, right?
“This is why you need to stop doing weed, Yosuke.” Chie said.
Yosuke sputtered, “What!? I do not! Why would you think that? I don’t even know how to do that. Do you like, stuff it up your nose or some shit?”
“You smell like weed.”
“Well, how do you know what weed smells like, Chie?”
“Yukiko.”
That was the end of that conversation. Seriously. Yosuke made sure to ask Yukiko for something after that TV world session.
3/20 (or something; I forgot the date. They’re about to fight Izanami in the red roblox looking ass world)
Yu shook his head. “Yosuke, please shut up.”
“I thought we were equals, dude! I guess that was a lie! Y-You…you’re just like everyone else…I don’t even know what the fuck that means but that is what you are. And everyone else sucks, so you suck.”
Yu continued to stare at Yosuke before he finally responded.
“Please, shut up Yosuke.”
“And you never ask me if I want drip too! You hog it all to yourself! Just like all the bitches at school…You know what? What do you even need drip for!? You already have all the bitches, and everyone already loves you in Inaba! It’s just overkill, dude.”
Yosuke was trying his best to hold back the tears, but scrunching his eyes only seemed to make it more difficult. Yu was still standing there, in “that” pose. The drip pose. God, he just wanted to torture Yosuke it seems.
Yu shook his head. “Yosuke. Shut up.”
Yosuke was at his limit. He didn’t care anymore that Naoto and Teddie were only a few feet away. He didn’t care that they were supposed to be on their way to slay a god. He, at this moment, wanted Yu to realize how much pain he was in. He had listened to him when he let out all his feelings about Saki and Junes, so why was this any different? Why was Yu being such a jerk about this?
At this point, Yosuke was on his knees; his hands were over his face, and he let out a pathetic sob.
“I-I-I…I just…this is giving me PTSD of that time I got trolled in middle school. Fuck. I don’t even want to talk about it…”
Yu asked, deadpan, “Then why did you mention it?”
“Because I’m fucking losing my mind? I am? Maybe? I have depression.”
Yu nodded, “I can tell.”
“Then why don’t you do shit about it?”
“When did I become your therapist?”
“…Therapist. There a piss.”
Yosuke weakly chuckled. Yep, he was officially insane. The investigation was so close to being over, yet here he was, breaking down right before the final battle. He felt like a child. A toddler. A little kid who didn’t have the cool toy that some other kid brought to school. That was just his reality now.
Yu gently smiled. “That was a pretty funny observation, Yosuke.”
Yosuke looked up with teary eyes, “What?”
“There a piss.”
“…Yeah it was.”
“So funny.”
“…Yeah!”
“So true.”
“You know it Partner!”
Yu walked over to Yosuke and held his hand out for him before saying, “You’re the funniest, kindest, most intuitive guy I know. Of course we are still equals. Though I must admit, it was pretty stupid that you would ever doubt that.”
“Then you must not know many guys.”
“Yeah, I’m not gay.”
No way. Did Yu really think it would be that easy?
Yosuke grabbed Yu’s hand and yanked him down, now grasping tightly onto his jacket. Yosuke looked Yu dead in the face, “Shut up. I’m going to cancel you on every social media platform you fucking asshole.”
“But I don’t have any social media.”
“Then make some so I can cancel you.”
Yu nodded in understanding. “Anything for a bro.”
“Hell yeah.”
Yosuke was satisfied with Yu’s agreement, but then Yu had to bring up something stupid. Like he always did. Because he’s you. Yeah I made that joke, get trolled.
“Yosuke, we’re super close right now. Like, I’m mere inches from your face.”
“Dumbass. We’re in Japan, get that American measurement system out of here.”
“Shit; I forgot. So, are we going to kiss or not?”
Yosuke was speechless. Kind of. He still needs to have dialogue here.
“Why would we do that?”
“Because this is a souyo fanfiction.”
“Is that a fucking yogurt flavor?”
“…Yeah.”
“And I thought you said you weren’t gay.”
“Yeah, I’m bisexual.”
“So you are one half gay.”
“That’s not how it works Yosuke.”
Yosuke let go of Yu and stood up. Yu was less than pleased. Good. Asshole.
But then Yosuke remembered why he broke down in the first place. That god damn drip. Yu was about to turn around to continue their trek when Yosuke gripped onto his shoulder. Yu turned his head to face Yosuke. Yosuke’s eyes were hard to see because of that cliché anime shadow effect that happens when a character is super serious. That was happening right now.
“Partner, answer me. Why do you have drip, why can only I see it, and why can’t I have any?”
Yu stared back at Yosuke; he shifted a little under Yosuke’s grip. He seemed…nervous? No way.
“I…I wanted to be cool like you Yosuke.”
“Shut up.”
Yu shook his head, “I’m not trolling you. I swear.”
Yosuke chuckled, “How the hell do you think I’M cool? You’re the cool one here, bro.”
“You are leaking drip like a faucet.”
“What the fuck.”
“And I had none. So I got myself some.”
“What the fuck.”
“And only you can see it because I’m wearing it specifically for you.”
“What the fuck.”
Yu shook Yosuke by the shoulders, “Did I break you?”
Yosuke quickly stepped out of Yu’s reach, “Let me get this straight: You started wearing drip to impress me?”
Yu nodded. Ah. So that was it.
Yosuke punched Yu in the stomach. This dude drove him insane for months over some stupid shit like this? Asshole. Bitch. Assoholic bitch.
In the end though, Yosuke could not stay mad. How could he when Yu just admitted that he thought he was cool? That was so awesome. It made Yosuke feel oddly warm inside. In a not homosexual way. For sure.
That’s when Yosuke remembered that Naoto and Teddie were with them. He looked towards their direction. Naoto looked, well, disappointed. Teddie was watching like he was marveling some award-winning movie. He then glanced back at his Partner, who was still clenching his chest, but smiling at Yosuke.
Yosuke decided to just ask the question on his mind, “So, can I get some drip?”
“You already have a lot.”
“But give me some of yours.”
“But only I will see it.”
“I know and I don’t care.”
Yu shrugged and summoned Izanagi. In a flash, Yosuke acquired the same drip as Yu. Poggers.
Summoning all their strength, the Investigation team fought a long, hard battle against Izanami. Actually, that is a lie. The battle lasted five seconds tops. Yu and Yosuke’s drip was so powerful, just them being in the same vicinity as Izanami caused her to be defeated.
Yosuke had some awesome commentary about it, “Wow, what a weak ass bitch.”
Everyone else on the IT had no idea what was going on. Chie smirked, “I knew he was on some shit.”
The fog in the TV world cleared. The fog lifting caused everyone on the IT to gain drip. It was an amazing moment that would go down in history. History between exactly seven people and a bear.
Chie smirked, “Damn, guess we were all on some shit.”
Then Yu left Inaba on the train choo choo.